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borough (b<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>), n.1. A town or township with a municipal charter, such as one of the five political divisions of New York City. [Cases: Municipal Corporations  6. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 12.] 2.English law. A chartered town that originally sent a member to Parliament. 3.Hist. A fortified or important town. — Also spelled burgh.[Blacks Law…

born valid.Patents. Presumed to be good; entitled to the legal presumption that a patent was justified when issued and that challengers bear the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the patent should not have been granted. • Defenses against infringement claims take one of three tacks: denying that the product infringes on…

  born-alive test. 1. Under the common law, a showing that an infant was completely expelled from the mother’s womb and possessed a separate and independent existence from the mother. 2. A showing that an infant, at the time of birth, was capable of living a separate and independent existence (regardless of how long the…

borh.1.BORG. 2.BORROW. [Blacks Law 8th]  

bork (bork), vb. Slang. 1. (Of the U.S. Senate) to reject a nominee, esp. for the U.S. Supreme Court, on grounds of the nominee’s unorthodox political and legal philosophy. • The term derives from the name of Robert Bork, President Ronald Reagan’s unsuccessful nominee for the Supreme Court in 1987. 2. (Of political and legal…

borg (borg), n. Hist. Scots law. 1. A thing deposited as a security, esp. for bail or a suretyship. A surety. — Also spelled borgh; borh.[Blacks Law 8th]

bordlands.Hist. Land used by the nobility to produce food. • Bordlands remained under the nobility’s direct control or were given to tenants who produced provisions for the landowner. Cf.[Blacks Law 8th]

bord-halfpenny (bord-hay-p<<schwa>>-nee). See BOTHAGIUM.[Blacks Law 8th]

border warrant.See WARRANT(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

border search.See SEARCH.[Blacks Law 8th]